Responding to pandemic-inspired changes to research collaboration and dissemination methods, this year CIRS reorganized and significantly expanded its scope. Adding to existing research on the Gulf and the Middle East, the center launched two timely thematic areas of study: Environmental Studies, and Race and Society. These new themes support faculty whose research addresses important knowledge gaps around establishing a just and sustainable future.
RACE AN D SOCIETY Examining race, ethnicity, religion, and cultural and national identity and belonging in multiple global contexts and geographies, including the Middle East, CIRS supports original research production on diverse topics such as citizenship, migration, labor and employment, the family, education,
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arts and cultural production.
REGION AL STUD IES Research in Regional Studies considers the Middle East and Gulf region’s quickly changing geopolitics, as well as historical, social, economic, and cultural developments in the region.
EN VIRON MEN TAL STUD IES The Environmental Studies cluster addresses important questions related to the political economy of natural resources and issues of ecological concern such as desertification, water, and climate change.
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